Lead QA Engineer
Responsibilities of the Lead QA Engineer
- Take ownership of software quality, using industry best practices for automation and manual testing.
- Actively participate in scrum meetings, iteration planning, feature demos, as well as write and execute software test plans and procedures in order to identify software issues and causes.
- Reviews and validates requirements and technical specifications. Designs develop and executes test plans and detailed test cases based on requirements and/or customer feedback and prioritization.
- Working on a product team, communicate testing estimates and status, while continually working toward the removal of software delivery roadblocks
- Manages testing efforts across many varied projects and tasks under tight deadlines
- Advocate use of agile test methodologies, such as behavioral-driven development or test-driven development
- Provide expertise and support to other members of the engineering teams, particularly in resolving discovered issues
- Perform manual testing where automated tests are in development or non-existent
- Create and maintain a database of known test defects
- Collaborates with the development team on bug fix verification and validation (regression testing).
- Communicates professionally at all levels within and outside of the organization
- Communicating with other departments within an organization to ensure that they are aware of changes to the software being developed
Requirements of the Lead QA Engineer
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
- 8+ years of QA experience, with demonstrable automation background
- Demonstrated experience with front and back end automation tools and techniques
- Experience using Cucumber or similar behavioral-driven development tools
- Automated HTTP/Web/REST testing experience (Selenium, Capybara, Watir, etc)
- Familiarity with Android, Microservice, and Cloud-based systems architecture
- Comfortable and willing to choose manual testing over automation when the circumstances dictate
- Must have demonstrated ability to develop and execute test cases for complex requirements
- Must have mobile device testing experience, manual and automated
- Exceptional analytical, organizational, interpersonal, and communication (both oral and written) skills
- Familiarity with Android Application design, tools, and ecosystem
- Experience with continuous integration systems (Jenkins, Bamboo, Travis CI, etc.)
- Self-motivated, driven, resourceful, and able to get things done
- Enjoy working in fast-paced, collaborative, Agile environments responsible for delivering commercial-grade software
- The ability to adapt and learn quickly is a fundamental necessity
Skills & Experiences of the Lead QA Engineer
- Experience working with SQL, NoSQL, and other data storage and retrieval technologies
- Leader of quality automation initiatives inside an organization
- Programming experience with interpreted language (Ruby, Python, Lua, etc)
About Digital Turbine:
Digital Turbine (NASDAQ: APPS) powers superior mobile consumer experiences and results for the world's leading telcos, advertisers and publishers. Our end-to-end platform uniquely simplifies the ability to supercharge awareness, acquisition and monetization - connecting our partners to more consumers, in more ways, across more devices.
The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with global offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and other cities serving top agency, app developer, and advertising markets. Listed on Deloitte Technology Fast 500 for six consecutive years since 2015 and winner of Austin Chamber of Commerce's Company Culture in 2020.
Digital Turbine is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We embed diversity in our mindset, products, and teams to empower an inclusive, equitable, and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators and partners, driving better outcomes.
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